Our Florida state butterfly, the zebra longwing loves it, but lots of gardeners do not. It is common beggarticks (Bidens alba). Common names for this plant are about as common as this plant and include Spanish needles, butterfly needles, romerillo,…
Enjoy the Oslo Riverfront Conservation Area
440 acres adjacent to the Florida Medical Entomology Laboratory, University of Florida/IFAS
Our Florida state butterfly, the zebra longwing loves it, but lots of gardeners do not. It is common beggarticks (Bidens alba). Common names for this plant are about as common as this plant and include Spanish needles, butterfly needles, romerillo,…
3/11/2018 trip to Pelican Island National Wildlife Refuge (PINWR), a special tram tour with PINWR & ORCA volunteers ... Happy Halophytes, the saltmarsh succulents saltwort (Batis maritima) and glasswort (Salicornia sp.) at Joe Michael Overlook ... Lyreleaf sage (Salvia lyrata)…
Donna Winter (Class of 2016) shared this photograph of the bell-shaped flowers (urceolate) of fetterbush that she took at the south Oslo Riverfront Conservation Area on 1-4-2020 on a walk that she, Gayle Lafferty (Class of 2012), Terry Greene (Class…
Donna Winter (Class of 2016) shared this photo of innocence (Houstonia procumbent) that she took at the south Oslo Riverfront Conservation Area on walk that she led on 1/4/2020 along with Gayle Lafferty (Class of 2012), Terry Greene (Class of 2019),…